Saturday, March 29, 2008

Free pattern! Hobbits (and Gimli)

Alright everyone, I've decided to share the crochet pattern for all of the Lord of the Rings characters. The clothes patterns are up for sale at my etsy store so everything you need to make your own Lord of the Rings amigurumi characters will be available!I've never made a pattern available to the public before, so if anyone needs help please feel free to leave a comment! It all makes sense in my head, and I am going to do my best to make sure it makes sense in yours. These are worked in a continuous spiral, do not turn your work. Use a stitch marker to indicate every row--everything may not line up exactly, but it doesn't really need to. Make sure you read the whole pattern before you start.Hobbit pattern:This pattern uses an F hook and worsted weight yarn. If you use anything else, be prepared for a wonky size. Everything in parenthesis ( ) needs to be repeated until the end of the row.

BODY:With BC, work 2 chRow 1: 5 sc in 2nd ch from hookRow 2: (sc in next 1 st, 2 sc in next st) until end of rowRow 3: (sc in next 2 st, 2 sc in next st) until end of rowRow 4: (sc in next 1 st, 2 sc in next st) until end of rowRow 5: (sc in next 2 st, 2 sc in next st) until end of rowRow 6: (sc in next 3 st, 2 sc in next st) until end of rowChange to TCRow 7: (sc in next 4 st, 2 sc in next st) until end of rowRow 8: (sc in next 5 st, 2 sc in next st) until end of rowRow 9-11: evenRow 12: (sc in next 5 st, sc2tog) until end of rowRow 13: (sc in next 4 st, sc2tog) until end of rowRow 14-15: evenRow 16: (sc in next 3 st, sc2tog) until end of row

Now is a good time to put in the arms, so just put a stitch holder on the last stitch and make the arms now. This is also a good time to put the little white felt "V" for the vest on, and to put little buttons on. I use a french knot for the buttons and invisible thread to stitch the "V" on.

Attach these to the body and pick up the stitch on the stitch holder with the skin color to finish the head.

HEAD:With SCRow 17: (sc in next 2 st, 2 sc in next st) until end of rowRow 18: (sc in next 3 st, 2 sc in next st) until end of rowRow 19: (sc in next 4 st, 2 sc in next st) until end of rowRow 20-22: evenRow 23: (sc in next 4 st, sc2tog) until endIf you have safety eyes, now would be a good time to put them in--try to place them around row 22Row 24: (sc in next 3 st, sc2tog) until end of rowRow 25: (sc in next 2 st, sc2tog) until end of rowNow is when you want to stuff the whole body, and even put a weight down at the bottom if you are so inclined. Make sure you stuff the body very tightly.Row 26: (sc in next 1 st, sc2tog) until end of row, or until the head is completely close up.

Alright! Your hobbit should be done. Remember, this isn't an exact science so feel free to mess around with the pattern if you feel like it. I hope everyone enjoys this!Oh yeah, if you actually make a hobbit, PLEASE post pics here or e-mail them to me or something! I would love love love to see them.

The links on the front of the page go to bigcartel, which is just another site--it uses paypal, so it is totally secure, everything like that, but you can use whatever you feel the most comfortable with. Thanks for the comments! Let me know if you need any more help.

I didn't notice the other link till after I posted the comment. ANyhow-I've got my hobbit mostly done but he looks more like a type of gourd...The tummy area is really big but this is my first time so I bet its me. I'm going to buy the patterns too so thank you for making they wonderful.

I just linked to this project (and the post on Craftster) in my list of "Crafts That Will Blow Your Mind". http://jessdoesstuff.blogspot.com/2010/06/crafts-that-will-blow-your-mind-verging.html Thanks for being so awesome!

Just finished my hobbit :D made The One Ring with a cut out strip of a gold chocolate coin wrapper and put it on some embroidery floss. Its so cute! I'll put a pic up after Christmas since it will be a present! x

Great job! :) I love your hobbits so much that I made a Bilbo Baggins!I didn't use your pattern, but since you inspired me, I thought I should post a link to my Bilbo :)(http://angelgirl227.deviantart.com/#/d5spy91)

Oh so brilliant! I have been a big fan of your creations, but have been putting this off for way too long. I need to make my own fellowship, so they can sit next to my collection of Tolkien books. I'm about to head over to Etsy to snatch up the clothes pattern. I am wondering - what size safety eyes are you using?

I love your little creations and I'm about to give myself a try and make some of them. But I was wondering what you have used to fill them? Most cotton seems to leak out when I've tried to make other amigurumis.Do you have a suggestion on what I should use?

I just use cotton stuffing that you can buy at any craft store. If you're having problems with the stuffing leaking out, you're probably using too big of a hook, or yarn that is too small. For the weight on the bottom I use a large washer. I bet a round stone or something would work too, beads just seem like too much work.

Hi there, I looked for bigcartel on Etsy and didn't find it. I did an engine search and came up nil too. Is there something more then bigcartel to go by? Again I thank you for your time, love your work.